Hey , Aiden’s story is out in the world!I am pleased to announce that the third story about Maura, her family, and her magical castle is ready to fly to your e-reader. Announcing…The Knight of the Terrible Valley and Aiden of FloridaThis retelling is...

Dear March (and ), come in!How glad I am,I looked for you before...March is coming in, his purple hat in hand -- and do you know what that means?Feisty Deeds II is opening for submissions! We can't wait to read your stories and envision the shape of...

Happy February, and reading friends…When I am eating, if little puppy Inish puts his paws on me, that gets his happy little mouth closer to the food. Inish fondly believes that this makes it more likely that the food will go into said mouth, despite...

Greetings, historical friends!How are you, ? What are you writing — or reading?As the calendar clicks over into February, the Feisty Deeds committee is getting excited to see what stories are going to land in our in-box next month! We will be open to...

Thank you for your feedback, !The early cover survey results were so clear that I knew we needed to make some adjustments, especially for "The Horned Women." My designer and I spent a couple hours saying "I have no idea what else we're going to do wi...

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A Mini History Moment about gloves in Shakespeare’s time, the Regency, and the role of the female gloveress Intro: On our recent England trip, we went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace, because what writer can go through the English midlands and not stop b...

Water Changes our Visual, Aural, and Sensory Input Imagine standing and looking out at the ocean. Our field of view is simplified with a straight horizon and the rhythmic repetitive sounds plug us into a synchrony or “groove” (that’s the scientific t...

Two years ago, I had never heard the term Women’s Fiction, although I had been reading it for my entire life. On Women’s Fiction Day 2022 (when I did not know it existed), my last child was leaving toddlerhood, and I knew that it was time for somethi...

I like books that are uplifting and offer an escape from the quotidian world, but I don’t want to just turn off my brain and float. (That’s a valid goal for books too, just not the one on this review site!) The books that I find the most invigorating...

I like books that are uplifting and offer an escape from the quotidian world, but I don’t want to just turn off my brain and float. (That’s a valid goal for books too, just not the one on this review site!) The books that I find the most invigorating...